27th October 2018 - Anglezarke Moor
Walk Details
Distance walked: 8.6 miles
Total ascent: 1362 ft
OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 4.5 hrs
Route description: White Coppice-Stronstrey Bank-Moor Road-Jepson's Gate-Lead Mines Clough-Lower Hempshaw's-Higher Hempshaw's-Hordern Pasture-Spitlers Edge-Great Hill-Drinkwaters-White Coppice
There's a fine autumn weekend forecast but it's going to windy, so I've not planned on going too high up. I've got a long walk to do tomorrow but I couldn't resist heading out this morning for a local outing on Anglezarke Moor. There was quite a lot of high cloud around when I set off from White Coppice so the sunshine was pretty hazy but this gradually moved away as sunnier skies came in. The first cold weather of the season has definitely arrived, the wind up on the moor had a real chill to it and ice on the puddles showed how cold it was last night.
From where I parked in White Coppice I walked past the cricket club ground and crossed The Goit to take the footpath south beneath Stronstrey Bank to Moor Road. I then walked up Moor Road until I reached a sharp right hand bend where I took the bridleway from Jepson's Gate down to Lead Mines Clough. After crossing Limestone Brook I followed a track east across the hillside until it reached the ruins of Lower and Higher Hempshaw's and the path up to Horden Pasture. The moorland stretch of the walk came next as I headed north over Spitlers Edge to Great Hill. The path west from Great Hill took me back down to White Coppice.
Total ascent: 1362 ft
OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 4.5 hrs
Route description: White Coppice-Stronstrey Bank-Moor Road-Jepson's Gate-Lead Mines Clough-Lower Hempshaw's-Higher Hempshaw's-Hordern Pasture-Spitlers Edge-Great Hill-Drinkwaters-White Coppice
There's a fine autumn weekend forecast but it's going to windy, so I've not planned on going too high up. I've got a long walk to do tomorrow but I couldn't resist heading out this morning for a local outing on Anglezarke Moor. There was quite a lot of high cloud around when I set off from White Coppice so the sunshine was pretty hazy but this gradually moved away as sunnier skies came in. The first cold weather of the season has definitely arrived, the wind up on the moor had a real chill to it and ice on the puddles showed how cold it was last night.
From where I parked in White Coppice I walked past the cricket club ground and crossed The Goit to take the footpath south beneath Stronstrey Bank to Moor Road. I then walked up Moor Road until I reached a sharp right hand bend where I took the bridleway from Jepson's Gate down to Lead Mines Clough. After crossing Limestone Brook I followed a track east across the hillside until it reached the ruins of Lower and Higher Hempshaw's and the path up to Horden Pasture. The moorland stretch of the walk came next as I headed north over Spitlers Edge to Great Hill. The path west from Great Hill took me back down to White Coppice.
Route map
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Walking past the ground of White Coppice Cricket Club
Autumn colour below Stronstrey Bank
Views west towards the coast from Moor Road...
Onto the bridleway from Jepson's Gate to Lead Mines Clough
Limestone Brook in Lead Mines Clough
Winter Hill..
..and Anglezarke Moor ahead from the footpath up to Hordern Pasture
Looking back towards Lead Mines Clough as I reach Hordern Pasture
Heading for Spitlers Edge
Great autumn colours on Anglezarke Moor
Looking back with Winter Hill behind me
It's a bit chilly up here
Holcombe Moor and Turton Heights in the distance to the east
Darwen Moor and Longworth Moor
Great Hill as I reach the northern end of Spitlers Edge. Those distant hills are the Forest of Bowland.
A flagged path makes for easy going
Approaching Great Hill
On the summit of Great Hill with its cross shelter
With the great visibility today there's a fantastic view. To the north, the Forest of Bowland.
and to its left, in the far distance I can make out the distinctive outline of Black Combe in the Lake District
To the northeast is Blackburn and Pendle Hill
I can make out Ingleborough in the distance through the gap between the Forest of Bowland and Pendle Hill
Darwen Moor and Longworth Moor
Winter Hill to the south
Another shot looking north across Withnell Moor
Dean Black Brook and the bulk of Anglezarke Moor
Heading for White Coppice
Wheelton Moor and Withnell Moor
Looking back to Great Hill
Great autumn colours as I make my final descent to White Coppice..
A final shot of one of the fishing lodges at White Coppice